Jim Millinder
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 Millinder in 1979 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 27, 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Salina, Kansas, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1977 | El Camino College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978 | New York Cosmos | 0 | (0) |
| 1979 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 4 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) | 5 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Oklahoma City Slickers | ||
| 1983–1985 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 34 | (2) |
| 1984 | Oklahoma City Stampede | ||
| 1985 | Tulsa Tornados | ||
| 1990 | San Diego Nomads | ||
| International career | |||
| 1976 | U.S. U-20 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1989 | El Camino College (assistant) | ||
| 1990–1993 | El Camino College (women) | ||
| 1992–1993 | El Camino College (men) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Loyola Marymount Lions (women) | ||
| 1996–2006 | USC Trojans (women) | ||
| 2013–2023 | San Francisco Dons (women) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jim Millnder is an American retired soccer player and coach who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and United Soccer League. He coached collegiate soccer for twenty-nine years.
Millinder graduated from North Torrance High School. He then played soccer at El Camino College where he was a 1977 Junior College All American. He was inducted into the El Camino Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. In 1978, he turned professional with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. He saw no first team games and in 1978, he moved to the Los Angeles Aztecs. He played four games for the Aztecs then was sent to the Tulsa Roughnecks for the 1979–1980 NASL indoor season. In June 1980, the Roughnecks sent Millinder and cash to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in exchange for David Irving.[1] He played no games for the Strikers before being released. In 1982, he joined the Oklahoma City Slickers of the American Soccer League.[2] He was a 1983 ASL All Star with the Slickers.[3] That fall, he signed with the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two indoor seasons with the Lazers. In 1984, he spent the summer with the Oklahoma City Stampede of the United Soccer League.[4] In 1985, he played for the Tulsa Tornados.[5] In 1990, he briefly played for the San Diego Nomads of the American Professional Soccer League.[6]
In 1976, Millinder played for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team during its unsuccessful qualification campaign for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.